East Gaston 53, Charlotte Catholic 38 — Carly Kluttz scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead fifth-seeded East Gaston to a first-round win over the fourth-seeded and host Cougars in the MEGA 7 3A/4A Conference tournament Monday.

Raven Brooks added 10 points and four steals for the Warriors (8-16), who had split the regular-season series against Charlotte Catholic (9-15).

East Gaston boys open tourney — East Gaston’s boys will look to even their record when they take the No. 6 seed into Tuesday's MEGA 7 3A/4A Conference tournament quarterfinals against third-seeded Berry Academy.

The game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Charlotte Catholic and follows the 5 p.m. game between second-seeded Harding and seventh-seeded West Mecklenburg.

East Gaston (11-12) and Berry Academy (11-12) split their regular-season series, with Berry Academy winning 75-61 at home and East Gaston defending its home court with a 59-46 victory.